Dumping-wagon.



PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904.

S. G. LANCASTER. DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1904.

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NO MODEL.

M INVZYJR Aflorney PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904.-

S. O. LANCASTER. DUMPING WAGON.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 11,1904.

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N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES Patented October 4, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

DUMPlNG-WAGON SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,256,dated October 4, 1904.

Application filed July 11, 1904. Serial No. 216,096. (No model.)

To all whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER LANCASTER, a resident of Jackson,in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Dumping-Wagons; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation,illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Figs. 3 and4 are views of the opposite ends of the wagon, and Fig. 5 is an enlargedView illustrating the axle-stub mounting.

l 1 represent the body-sections of the wagon, which are pivot-allyconnected at their upper inner ends and are made with inclined bottoms,sloping downward to their meeting edge, giving to the body the generalhopper shape shown, so that all material in the body is directed to thecenter and downward and must leave the body when the sections areseparated even very slightly and not stick to the sections, as would bethe case were the sections of a shape such as ordinarily used.

The axles 2 and 3 each comprise upper and lower channel-irons connectedby side plates securely riveted thereto, and one of said axles(indicated by the numeral 3) is connected with a body-section 1- byvertical bars 4, having cross-braces 5, and is also connected by anapproximately horizontal pair of bars 6 with the mits the axle to tiltin passing uneven places in the road without tilting the body.

At the ends of both axles 2 and 3 stubs 10 are provided and located atright angles to sleeves 11, which carry them. These sleeves 11 aredisposed vertically between the upper and lower angle-irons of the axleand have conical bores at their ends to receive coneshaped thimbles orjournals 12,screwthreaded at their ends to permit them to be adjustedvertically in threaded openings in the channelirons and take up wear,and bolts 13 are passed through said thimbles and sleeves and secured bynuts 14 to firmly hold the parts at any adjustment.

Tongues 15 are pivoted to brackets 16 on both axles 2 and 3 andconnected by links 18 with arms 19 on the sleeves 11 to turn the stubsat will, and yokes 17 are secured to the axles and extend over thetongues and are each provided with eyes to aline with openings in thetongues when straight to receive pins to lock the tongues and wheels ateither end. By this arrangement of parts it will be seen that the wheelsat either end of the wagon can be employed as steering-wheels and thedraft-animals or engine can be attached to either end and operate thewagon equally well. This is especially desirable where the wagon is inuse on narrow roads, enabling it to be drawn back and forth withoutturning around by simply reversing the draft-animals or engine from endto end of the wagon. Below the bottom of one body-section 1 shaft 20 ismounted in suitable bearings and projects beyond the sides of the body,where it is provided with spools or drums 21, and chains 22 are securedto said drums, wound thereon and secured attheir other ends to the otherbody-section, and a gear 22 is provided on this shaft 20, at one side ofthe wagon, meshing with a pinion 23 on a short shaft 24,

supported in a suitable bearing 25, and made To lock the body-sectionstogether, catches 27 are provided at both sides of one section, andcomprise crossed arms pivoted together and having hooks 28 at one end toengage and hold arrow-head lugs 29 on the other bodysection, and saidarms are provided with springs between them which tend to force thehooks 28 together, and it will be observed that when the body-sectionsare brought together the arrow-heads of lugs 29 will enter between thehooks and be automatically locked. To permit opening of hooks, a rod 30extends across beneath the body-section and has eccentrics 31 locatedbetween the arms 27, and a lever 32 is located on one end of this rod 30to permit the same and eccentrics to be simultaneously turned to open orseparate both pairs of arms and release the lugs 29 when it is desiredto separate the wagon-body sections.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention,and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and. alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with axles, of a body havinggeneral hopper shape and comprising two sections pivoted together attheir inner meeting edges and supported at their outer ends by therespective axles.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with axles, of a body havinggeneral hopper shape, comprising two sections pivoted together at theirinner meeting edges and supported at their outer ends by the respectiveaxles, and means for drawing said sections together or permitting theirseparation.

3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with axles, of a body, comprisingtwo halfsections pivoted together at their inner ends and supported attheir outer ends by the respective axles and each section having aninclined bottom sloping downward to its inner end forming'when thesections are together, abody of general hopper shape, having its lowestportion central between the axles, and means for drawing said sectionstogether or permitting their separation to dump.

t. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of ahopper-shaped body,comprising two halfsections pivoted together at their upper ends, ashaft carried by one of said sections, spools or drums on said shaft,chains connecting said drums with the other body-section, and means forturning the shaft to wind or unwind the chains. I

5. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with a body comprising twosections pivoted together at their upper meeting ends, of a catch on onesection comprising crossed arms pivoted together and having hooks at oneend to engage an arrow-head lug on the other section, a spring to holdsaid arms in looking -position, an eccentric between said arms toseparate the hooks, and means for operating said eccentric.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification inthe presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER LANCASTER.

Witnesses:

HARRY D. ARNOLD, 'I. W. MUNELL.

